Unidentified Flying Object Sighting Report — Bremerton, Washington, 18 February 1953

This document is an intelligence report (IR-155-53) dated 19 February 1953, concerning a sighting of an unidentified flying object in the vicinity of Bremerton, Washington. The report details a sighting that occurred on 18 February 1953 at approximately 1600Z. The primary witness was identified as a civilian, Mr. C.S. Copeland, residing at 1305 Perry Avenue, Bremerton, Washington. The report was also associated with Lieutenant Commander Gareis, the Staff Duty Officer for the 13th Naval District in Seattle. According to the report, the object was described as a single, large, white, motionless object sighted just above the horizon at a bearing of 270 degrees from coordinates 47°33N 122°60W. The report notes that no photographs were taken, no radar contact was made, and no physical evidence was recovered. Furthermore, there was no reported air traffic in the area at the time of the sighting, and no interception was attempted. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the object was the planet Jupiter. The document includes various teletype messages and internal Air Force correspondence documenting the transmission of this report from the McChord Flight Service Center to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.